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ICYMI: Paul Ryan Pushes Tax Hikes On Middle Class

Posted September 18, 2011

MADISON-Paul Ryan, author of the plan to end Medicare, went on Fox News this weekend to advocate for tax hikes on the middle class.

Ryan, proponent of tax cuts for billionaires, opposes payroll tax cuts for middle class workers and told his Fox News cheerleaders that it was "class warfare" to suggest his advocacy for only the richest Americans was unfair.

"When the president asks the super-rich to pay their fair share in taxes, Paul Ryan lays down the law for his corporate benefactors, but when the president seeks a tax break for the middle class, Paul Ryan sings an altogether different tune," Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate said Monday. "If Paul Ryan wants to claim class warfare, we certainly know which class he's signed up to serve."